"The top was slightly detached from the ribs. It has been glued back in place”: Watch the moment when a conductor accidentally knocked a £1 million violin out of its player's hand

Violin knocked out of hand.

It’s the sort of thing you’re surprised doesn’t happen more often.

Solo violinist Elina Vähälä was performing with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra in Finland, with Matthew Hall conducting. All was going well until suddenly, the British conductor raised his left arm a bit too far and sent Vähälä’s instrument – a £1 million Guadagnini – flying.